The LEGO Movie 2 (2017)

The LEGO Movie 2 Synopsis

The Lego Movie 2 is not the film's final title, though it's safe to assume that whatever the final title is, it'll have the word "Lego" somewhere in it.

This sequel, Lego Movie 2 was planned even before the first film was released, so sure was Warner Bros. of its success. As it turns out, they were right. The original Lego Movie was a massive critical and financial success, making The Lego Movie 2 an easy commitment.

The directors of the first film, Phil Lord and Chis Miller, will not return to direct the sequel. Instead they've hired Chris McKay for Lego Movie 2. McKay served as animation co-director on the initial film.

It's unfortunate that writer/directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller won't be back to help The LEGO Movie 2 (presumably they'll be off to do some other bigger and more awesome stuff), but today new reports have confirmed that the filmmakers have found their replacements for the sequel.

We’ve heard a great deal about The LEGO Batman Movie, but now let’s turn our attention to The LEGO Movie 2. While we’re still waiting to hear more about plot details, it looks like Chris Miller and Phil Lord already have some kinks in the production schedule to work out.

Everything was awesome when The LEGO Movie hit theaters last year, but everything will be even awesome-er when The LEGO Batman Movie swings into action. Co-directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord are bringing back Will Arnett’s hilarious character for his own spin-off adventure, and now we finally know what it’ll be about!

The surprising success of The LEGO Movie last February meant that a sequel to the much-loved animated hit was always going to be green-lit. The LEGO Movie 2 is due to be released in three years time, and now Phil Lord and Chris Miller have teased further details regarding what the film will actually entail.

While The LEGO Movie did have a couple of great female characters, including Elizabeth Banks' Wildstyle and Alison Brie's Unikitty, the story was largely driven and largely filled with male characters, including Chris Pratt's Emmet, Will Ferrell's Lord Business, Will Arnett's Batman, Morgan Freeman's Vitruvius and more. As the upcoming sequel moves its way though development, however, it looks like that's one element that will soon be changing.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller truly seem to have the Midas touch. As the duo explained to us while on the set of the upcoming 22 Jump Street, every feature project they have taken on - from Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs to 21 Jump Street to The LEGO Movie - seemed like a terrible idea at the start of its development, but they have managed to create gold each and every time out.

McKay’s previous credits include an extended stint on the television series Robot Chicken, where he also helmed the TV movie Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III. I wonder if that means we’ll get even more Star Wars characters in the LEGO sequel?

Rather than keeping the franchise stuck in winter, however, the follow-up will be doing some season hopping. The studio hopes that the first movie's big success will translate to the summer blockbuster months, as the untitled sequel will be in theaters on May 26, 2017. As you probably could have guessed, the date is so far in the future that it doesn't currently have any direct release date competition, but there are some big titles that are orbiting around it.

Hollywood loves to count its chickens before they've hatched - studios developing sequels before they've confirmed that there is a real audience for the original - and that plan of action is once again in the works for the upcoming LEGO Movie.